Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/27 – 10/30
The Cubs are in the World Series and it’s Halloween weekend! As if things couldn’t get any better, Your Chicago Curated Weekend is here to fill your days with as […]
Third Coast Rewind: Van Gogh, Au Pair, and The Boss
Welcome back to Third Coast Rewind. We’re back with another installment of readings from Kill Your Darlings. While the initial run of Kill Your Darlings has come and gone, you […]
Tuning in the World Series from Two Generations Away
Phil Huckelberry wrote about the highs and lows – mostly lows! – of Chicago and Illinois politics for the mighty Gapers Block. He is a software engineer by day and […]
Chicago Ideas Week: The Implications of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been confined to the imagination of science fiction or to the nightmares of popular culture. The concept of a fully formed AI, often incorrectly conflated […]
Stage Left’s The Bottle Tree Symbolizes the Haunting Impact of a School Shooting
A bottle tree is a Southern tradition with African roots. As an urban northerner, I never heard of such a thing, although I’m familiar with voodoo culture in Louisiana and […]
Hip-Hop is American Art: A Talk with a Critic, an Audio Engineer and a Rapper at Chicago Ideas Week
When names like Drake or Kanye West become household names, it marks a time in our culture when mainstream America widely embraces hip-hop as an original art form. Teachers and […]
Young Frankenstein at Lake Forest Theatre: Outstanding Performers Polish Production’s Rough Edges
Young Frankenstein is a classic, and a favorite of mine. It’s a silly, slapstick adventure with a real heart, and I’ve always held it close to mine. Mel Brooks and […]
New Tattoo Exhibit at Field Museum Tells Beautiful Tales
Talking to people who are tattooed opens up a treasure trove of personal stories. There are so many reasons people choose to ink their bodies, and even in cases of […]
Preview: Deerhunter Friday at the Metro
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7PAacr7LJc] Deerhunter will be performing at the Metro this Friday 10/21 in support of their excellent album Fading Frontier from last year. Unlike their last tour, frontman Bradford Cox […]
This Week in Art House Cinema: American Pastoral, Certain Women and more
There was a lot going on in film this week. We previewed the second week of the Chicago International Film Festival. We took a look at the new Jack Reacher […]
Film Review: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Entirely Devoid of Originality
I’ll be honest, I don’t have much to say about the second Jack Reacher movie, because it didn’t say much to me. Considering how I really enjoyed the way the […]
826CHI Releases Compendium Volume 5
At exactly 5 p.m. on October 18th I hustled out of my office so I could get across town in time to attend a reading. Most of the readings I […]